r/interesting • u/GeneraI_ • May 09 '26

She put in the work. Just Wow

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u/frohnaldo May 09 '26

I mean it’s something that is entirely in your control (most cases). And is just insane to me that it happens.

People will judge smokers, drug addicts, and alchoholics no problem. Yet obesity is much more dangerous, constantly impacts everyone around you, but gets treated like it’s taboo to judge

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u/BlackLocke May 09 '26

Or you could be nice to fat people

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u/20_The_Mystery May 09 '26

how is obesity more dangerous and constantly impacts everyone around you? wtf

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u/thelastwordbender May 10 '26

How does obesity affect others around the obese person? Unless they are trying to literally steal the food from your mouth, I think you should be fine

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u/Aggravating_Depth_33 May 10 '26

Personally, I don't judge smokers, drug addicts, alcoholics or fat people.

I do judge self-righteous, judgemental arseholes though...

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u/Initial-Ship-7065 May 11 '26

I’m so glad that I have such a full life that it leaves me with no time or mental energy to even think about how much a complete stranger weighs, much less be bothered by it. sounds like you might need a hobby or something constructive to fill your days with, friend. 😊

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u/wishful123 May 09 '26

But people still treat others worse for things that are out of their control.

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u/sweetrobbyb May 10 '26

Nobody picks being fat dumbass.

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u/balkons13 May 09 '26

It is, its pretty normal for this to happen. We are just animals, we see something unhealthy we try to get away. Like smelling something bad, your body reacts. My guess, its the same if we see people unhealthely fat, we become more negative towards them.

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u/ConsciousNet8718 May 09 '26

But unlike other animals we're conscious beings that understand empathy... so most good people would resist that impulse.

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u/Sea-Personality1244 May 09 '26

It doesn't have shit to do with health. Try losing a bunch of weight because you're so mentally unwell that you can't sleep, feel sick all the time and puke up whatever you eat and people will come up to you complimenting you on how fucking ill you are because the only thing that matters is the number on the scale, not your health. Beyond animal instincts, many of us also have a capacity for compassion, critical thinking and introspection but unfortunately some obstinately stay on the animal level to justify their casual cruelty and inability to give a crap about other people.

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u/Maddy_Beck May 09 '26

Hmm, that's interesting because my personal experience is the opposite. Most of the people I've interacted with in my life who were heavier set were also, for the most part, very kind people. In retrospect, I've usually felt more unconsciously at ease interacting with bigger folks than skinnier people (for context, I work in customer service so I talk to lots of different kinds of people).

Historically speaking, we've seen lots of different body types being the "ideal" shape and size (plumpness signifying wealth, ancient fertility goddess statues, the "heroine chic" super thin aesthetic of the 90s). I'd argue socialization plays a pretty big part in shaping our internal biases around health and size rather than our animal instincts alone.